Delray Beach, Palm Beach County
Biohazard and crime scene cleanup in Delray Beach
Delray Beach is the next city north of Boca Raton, and the same number reaches a cleanup company for homes there. It is also where two county offices that families end up needing happen to be.
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Three Delray offices worth knowing about
Delray Beach Police
Once officers have left, questions about a case or about getting back into a home go to the department's non-emergency number, (561) 243-7800 (city contacts). Palm Beach County's 911 office lists Delray Beach Police for Highland Beach and Gulf Stream as well (county list).
Victim Services, South County Courthouse
After a violent crime, the county's victim advocates for everyone south of Lantana Road work from 200 W. Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1E-301. They can sit down with you over the state compensation form, which includes crime scene cleanup. The office number is 561-274-1500 (Victim Services).
Health Department, Congress Avenue
Certified copies of a Florida death certificate are issued at the Delray Beach Health Center, 225 S. Congress Avenue, on weekdays from 8 to 4:30. On the first Thursday of each month the counter shuts at noon (location page).
East of the Intracoastal, downtown and out west
Delray's homes differ a good deal from one end of Atlantic Avenue to the other, and so does the cleanup.
- Older wood-floored houses. Boards have gaps, and what goes through them reaches the subfloor. Ask whether the company will lift boards to look.
- Beachside condos. Tell the building manager before a crew arrives. Elevators, loading areas and contractor hours are usually theirs to assign.
- Communities west of the city. Many have a Delray Beach postal address but lie in unincorporated county, where the Sheriff's District 4 office on Cumberland Drive, (561) 688-4760, is the local station.
Who examines a death in Delray Beach
Delray is in Palm Beach County, so a sudden or unexplained death there comes under the county's medical examiner in West Palm Beach. The family does not need to contact that office to start things. The police do it. What the family does need to do is pick a funeral home. The step-by-step guide has the rest.
Boca Raton and nearby
Nobody in the family has to clean this room
Wait until the officers and the medical examiner's investigator have finished. Shut the door on the room, let the air conditioning run, and pick up the phone once you feel able to talk it through.
Ready when the home is yours again
One number reaches an independent biohazard cleanup company working in south Palm Beach County. Describe the room in your own words. Hiring them is up to you.
Call (728) 500-1824Answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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